Lock-up cover for receptacles



1 March l 927, E. GEMEINDER LOCK-UP COVER FOR RECEPTACLES Filed Nov. '7,1925 IHH Il f INVENTO Genfer/Mer PATENT OFFICE.`

EMIL GEMEINDER, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

LOCK-UI COVER FOR RECEPTACLES.

Application filed N'ovember 7, 1925.

My invention relates to new and useful Yimprovements in a lock-up coverfor receptacles, and has for its primary object to provide. anexceedingly simple and effective prevent accidental displacementsthereof orV its removal' by dogs, cats and the like when such receptacleis used as a garbagecan.

Another object of the invention 1s to 1mprove the construction ofthereceptacle covered by my Pat-ent Number 1,220,975, bear ing date ofMarch 27, 1917.

A further object of the invention is to provide a structure wherein thecover may be removed and the receptacle swung to a dumping position, andwhen returned to its normal upright position the cover will descend andseat itself.

A still Yfurther object of the invent-ion is to provide a structurewherein the cover will be held against sideways movement relative to thereceptacle until the bail has been moved to a certain position, and alsowherein the cover will be held in certain open positions so that it willnot contact with the ground or other surface upon which the receptacleis resting.

lith these ends in view, this invention consists in the details ofconstruction and combination of elements' hereinafter set forth and thenspecifically designated by the claims.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this inventionappertains, may understand how to make and use the same, I will describeits construction in detail, referring by numerals to the accompanyingdrawings forming a part of this application, in which:

Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the recep tacle embodying my inventionshowing the cover in a closed position, and illustrating by dotted linesa position that may be assumed when the cover is open.

Fig. 2, is a fragmentary sectional view of the receptacle in the regionof one of the guide members or strips.

Fig. 8, is an enlarged perspective view of one of the guide members orstrips.

In carrying out my invention as herein embodied, 5 represents areceptacle or container constructed from any suitable material and ofany desirable shape or configuration, the upper open end of which isnormally closed by a suitable cover 6, the lat- Serial N o. 67,487.

ter having bearings 7 projecting from the outer edge or circumferencethereof at diametrically opposite points, and said cover is furtherprovided with a handle 8 on the top thereof in line with the bearings 7.

On the receptacle at diametri-cally opposite points are fastened theguide members or strips 9 so formed as to provide offset ends 10 so thatwhen .said members are secured to the receptacle by rivets 11, or theirequivalent, passing thru holes 12 in the 0H- set ends of the guidemembers, the central portions 13 of said guide members will be spacedfrom the outer surface of the receptacle as plainly shown in Fig. 2, andin these central or body portions 13 are formed longitudinal slots 14.

On each of the guide strips or members 9 is a keeper 15 which extendsout fromk the outer face of the guide strip or member across thelongitudinal slot therein to accommodate a limb of a bail 16, passingthru a bearing 7, the end of which is turned in so as to form a trunnion17 projecting into and thru the slot 14 so as to be slidable in saidslot. The keeper is fastened a short distance below the upper end of theslot 14. in order to leave a portion of` the slot projecting above thekeeper a distance equal. to at least the diameter of the bail.

Qn each guide strip or member are also a pair of rests 18, one on eachside of the keeper 15 and preferably so positioned that their uppersurfaces or seats 19 are in the same plane as the upper edge of thekeeper 15, and if found desirable these rests may be formed of the samestrip of material from which the keeper is produced.

Secured to the receptacle adjacent the lower end or bottom thereof anddisposed at a suitable point between the guide members 9 is a handle 20which may be gripped for tilting the receptacle when moving it to adumping position.

lVhen the cover 6 of the receptacle is in a closed position, theinturned ends or trunnions 17 at the lower ends of the bail limbs lie inthe lower ends of the slots 14 of the guide strips with intermediateportions of the bail limbs in the keepers 15, and the inter-connectingmember of the bail overlying the cover and its handle 8 so that even thothe cover might be slightly raised it cannot be moved sidewise due tothe engagement of the bail limbs with the keepers and the trunnions withthe guide members at oints below the keepers as will be obvious. hen itis desired to remove the cover, the handle 8 is gasped and .pulledupward, and the continued upward `mveinent of said cover will lift thebail 16 by sliding its trunnions in the slots of the guide members untilsaid trunnions reach the upper ends ofthe slots 14 above the upper edgesof the keepers l'at .which time, due tothe disengagement of the baillimbs `from the keepers said kbail may be swung outward with the coverinto substantially the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 1, 'wherethe limbs of the bail will Contact with one of the rests 19 on eachguide lmember with the trunnion ofthe bail 1n contactwith the edgesofthe guide memlbers at the upper ends of the slots thereby holding thecover in anopen position above the'supportmg surface on which the`receptacle `is setting. If it is desired to tilt the v receptacle to adumping-position, the handle 8 of `thercover is retained in the handofthe user, and the yreceptacle lifted from its supporting surface at.which time the handle 20 of the receptacle may begrasped andthe renceptacle swungfabout lthe trunnions. `For 'transporting theureceptaclefrom place to `ward causing the coverto automatically find itsjseat, asthebail will be held in an upright position and the bearings on thecover willguiclethe latter to its ,properplace 0f course -Idonot wish tobe limited 'to the exact details of `construction as herein shownasthese maybe varied within the receptacle,vertically, longitudinallyslotted guide members on the outside of the receptacle at dialnetricallyopposite points, keepers carried by the guide members and disposedacross the slots below the upper ends of the latter, `a bail havingtrunnions at the" lower ends of its `limbs projecting into the slots ofthe .guide members,the limbs of said bail coacting withthe keepers whenthe bail trunnions are below the upper `edges of the keepers to preventswinging movement of said bail, such swinging movement being permitted`when the trunnions are above the upper edges of the keepers, and acoverslidably connected with the bail limbs.

2. The structure set forth in claim 1 wherein means are carried by theguide members to act as vrests for the bailv limbs when the bail isswung outward.

3. A receptacle, guide members fastened to the side wall of the saidreceptacle at diametrically opposite pointsand having the portionsbetween the ends spaced `from the receptacle wall'and provided withvertical, longitudinal slots, a bail `having inwardly extendingtrunnions at the lower extremi ties of the limbs of said bail projectinginto the'slots ofthe guide members, keepers dis-` posed across saidslots adjacent the upper ends thereof, thru which the bail limbs pass,rest-s on both sides of the keepers to receive the bail limbs when thetrunnions are in the 'upper ends of the slots,'a cover for thereceptacle and bearings carried by the cover and coacting with the baillimbs for slidably connecting the cover to the bail.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature, Y,

` EMIL GEMEINDER.

